Sun on a roof in Midland.

How Midland comparesderived from the figures above

Where Midland sits.

Midland ranks 5th of 157 Texas places modeled here, at the 97th percentile. Its 1,739 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,518. The strongest months are May, June, April and the weakest are December, November, January; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 27.7% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.4% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Odessa, 27 km southwest: 1,759 kWh per kW, 20 more than Midland.
• Big Spring, 63 km northeast: 1,716 kWh per kW, 23 less than Midland.
• San Angelo, 170 km east: 1,652 kWh per kW, 87 less than Midland.
• Lubbock, 172 km north: 1,721 kWh per kW, 18 less than Midland.
• Abilene, 228 km east: 1,650 kWh per kW, 89 less than Midland.
• Del Rio, 317 km south: 1,599 kWh per kW, 140 less than Midland.
• Amarillo, 355 km north: 1,720 kWh per kW, 19 less than Midland.
• Kerrville, 359 km southeast: 1,552 kWh per kW, 187 less than Midland.
• Stephenville, 367 km east: 1,584 kWh per kW, 155 less than Midland.

Against El Paso

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is El Paso, 408 km to the west, at 1,835 kWh per kW. Midland models 96 kWh per kW (5.2%) below it. At 0.17 degrees of latitude apart, the two sit at almost the same sun angle, so geometry explains little. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 km and 0.9 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is San Antonio, 446 km southeast, where the same model gives 1,505 kWh per kW, so Midland runs 234 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Midland runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Midland County, Martin CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists Oncor Electric Delivery in this county. Where Midland is on Oncor Electric Delivery's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Midland may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,739 kWh at $266 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Southwestern Public Service Co: 13.94¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 223,685 residential customers across 45 counties.
• Lyntegar Electric Coop, Inc: 10.35¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 9,163 residential customers across 12 counties.
• Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC: 5.64¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 3,545,814 residential customers across 99 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Midland. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.

Modeled estimateruns in your browser

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Scale the Midland model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.

Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.47¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $269 per kW a year as plain multiplication.